Member Support and Wellbeing

As doctors, it can be challenging to balance the demands of a busy profession as well as family and personal commitments. We too, like the rest of society can struggle with depression, anxiety and poor mental health.

RANZCOG is committed to providing support and resources to ensure that our members practice self-care, discuss challenges openly and seek help when it’s needed. To take care of others, you must first take care of yourself.

Find out what we're doing to support our members’ health and wellbeing, and the services, networks and resources available to our Fellows, trainees, specialist international medical graduates and immediate family members below.

Our Services and Resources

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Member Support Program (EAP)

RANZCOG recognises that our Members face stressful situations on a day-to-day basis in both their personal lives and in their demanding yet rewarding professions. This can sometimes result in difficulty maintaining self-care and a healthy work/life balance, which can be detrimental to your physical and mental health.

To take care of others, you must first take care of yourself. Being proactive about your mental health and wellbeing is important for your professional and personal lives. Being proactive involves discussing and recognising symptoms and seeking appropriate professional support when needed.

Our Member Support Program, Converge, provides confidential support to RANZCOG Trainees, SIMGs and Fellows (and their immediate family members) across Australia and New Zealand.

Support is available through access to qualified and experienced counsellors on a range of issues including:

All sessions are entirely confidential, and your first four sessions within any 12-month timeframe are fully subsidised by the College. Sessions may be face-to-face, by video conference or by phone.

AHPRA encourages practitioners to seek the help you need – a health issue rarely needs a mandatory notification. The AHPRA website states that 'A treating practitioner is only required to make a mandatory notification in very specific circumstances, when there is a substantial risk of harm to the public (a very high threshold for reporting risk of harm to the public) or in cases of sexual misconduct.'

RANZCOG acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and communities across Australia, on which our members live and work, and to their Elders, past, present and future.
RANZCOG recognises the special status of Māori as tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand and is committed to meeting its obligations as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners.